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New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended wishes to para-athlete Deepthi Jeevanji following her bronze medal triumph in the women’s 400m T20 final on her debut at the ongoing Paralympics. The 21-year-old was quick off the blocks but fell short towards the final phase of the race and finished behind Ukraine’s Yuliia Shuliar and Turkey’s Aysel Onder in Paris. In a race that was decided by the narrowest of the margins, Deepthi clocked 55.82s to add a bronze to India’s constantly growing medal tally. Yuliia took away the gold with a ti…